Abstract is: The western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) is a small passerine in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws. This species breeds in much of temperate Europe and Asia. It is resident in the milder parts of its range, such as western Europe, but northern and eastern populations migrate to Africa and south Asia. It is a slender 15–16 cm long bird, with the characteristic long, constantly wagging tail of its genus. It is the shortest tailed of the European wagtails. The breeding adult male is basically olive above and yellow below. In other plumages, the yellow may be diluted by white. The heads of breeding males come in a variety of colours and patterns depending on subspecies. The call is a high-pitched jeet. This insectivorous bird inhabits open country near water, such as wet meadows. It nests in tussocks, laying 4–8 speckled eggs.
taxon | Q16521 |
P4024 | ADW taxon ID | Motacilla_flava |
P7905 | AnimalBase ID | 3060 |
P2026 | Avibase taxon ID | C0876FE9D56CCDEB |
P1617 | BBC Things ID | e68da450-e5a2-4b1f-b5e8-2a2f729b6844 |
P7202 | Belgian Species List ID | 4626 |
P838 | BioLib taxon ID | 8847 |
P10007 | Birdata ID | 877 |
P5257 | BirdLife taxon ID | 103822349 |
P7536 | Birds of India ID | 1415 |
P3606 | BOLD Systems taxon ID | 9651 |
P5019 | Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID | schafstelze |
P4798 | BTO Birds of Britain ID | bob10170 |
P4567 | BTO five-letter code | YELWA |
P10585 | Catalogue of Life ID | 44G9F |
P935 | Commons gallery | Motacilla flava |
P5263 | Czech NDOP taxon ID | 1273 |
P8313 | Den Store Danske ID | gul_vipstjert |
P1939 | Dyntaxa ID | 205761 |
P6864 | eBiodiversity ID | 78146 |
P3444 | eBird taxon ID | eaywag1 |
P4746 | Elhuyar ZTH ID | 033420 |
P1417 | Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID | animal/yellow-wagtail |
P3031 | EPPO Code | MOTAFL |
P3459 | EURING number | 10170 |
P1895 | Fauna Europaea ID | 97424 |
P4807 | Fauna Europaea New ID | 86ab478a-2f3e-482c-8baa-7855b68bd0d9 |
P7552 | Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility's Species List ID | MX.32180 |
P842 | Fossilworks taxon ID | 369333 |
P646 | Freebase ID | /m/01xl4n |
P846 | GBIF taxon ID | 9701857 |
P2924 | Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (old version) | 3145626 |
P3151 | iNaturalist taxon ID | 204545 |
P7537 | India Biodiversity Portal species ID | 239537 |
P5055 | IRMNG ID | 10840352 |
P815 | ITIS TSN | 178483 |
P627 | IUCN taxon ID | 103822349 |
P9503 | MyBIS species ID | 21955 |
P9495 | National Historical Museums of Sweden ID | taxon/BA5104E6-3A62-4F4B-B836-3AD1FDEAD52A |
P11078 | Naturbasen species ID | 484/gul-vipstjert |
P8707 | NBIC taxon ID | 4340 |
P3240 | NBN System Key | NHMSYS0000530496 |
P685 | NCBI taxonomy ID | 180448 |
P3405 | Nederlands Soortenregister ID | 139599 |
P9243 | NParks Flora & Fauna Web ID | fauna/5/2/521 |
P6105 | Observation.org taxon ID | 95 |
P6025 | Oiseaux.net ID | bergeronnette.printaniere |
P9157 | Open Tree of Life ID | 645461 |
P10907 | Paleobiology Database taxon ID | 369333 |
P9595 | SOR bird ID | Codobatura-galbena |
P4342 | Store norske leksikon ID | gulerle |
P3186 | TAXREF ID | 3741 |
P5397 | Tierstimmenarchiv ID | 10977 |
10977 | ||
P12800 | Vikidia article ID | fr:Bergeronnette_printanière |
P12086 | WikiKids ID | Gele_kwikstaart |
P850 | WoRMS-ID for taxa | 212754 |
P2426 | Xeno-canto species ID | Motacilla-flava |
P8915 | ZOBODAT taxon ID | 20381 |
P9566 | diel cycle | diurnality | Q4284186 |
P141 | IUCN conservation status | Least Concern | Q211005 |
P171 | parent taxon | Motacilla | Q230042 |
P1813 | short name | M. flava | |
P5841 | Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic | vulnerable | Q56660244 |
P1843 | taxon common name | Schafstelze | |
Western Yellow Wagtail | |||
Lavandera boyera | |||
P225 | taxon name | Motacilla flava | |
P105 | taxon rank | species | Q7432 |
P910 | topic's main category | Category:Motacilla flava | Q55329725 |
P10 | video | This is a photo of a natural heritage site in Ukraine, id: 51-250-5001 License: CC BY-SA 4.0 Artists: Сергій Ковальов This work is copyrighted. Attribution is required. | |
P2050 | wingspan | 0.26 |
FileName: Wiesenschafstelze.JPG
Description: Wiesenschafstelze auf Zaunpfahl im Naturschutzgebiet Bislicher Insel in NRW, Deutschland
Artist: Frebeck
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FileName: MotacillaFlavaIUCN.svg
Description: Distribution map of Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava according to IUCN version 2021.2 (Compiled by: BirdLife International and Handbook of the Birds of the World (2019) 2018.); key:
Legend: Extant, breeding (#00FF00), Extant, resident (#008000), Extant, passage (#00FFFF), Extant, non-breeding (#007FFF)
Artist: SanoAK: Alexander Kürthy
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